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Friday, October 7, 2011

Pumpkin Roll

Pumpkin season is here! You can tell that autumn is here by the calendar and the changing colors of the leaves but with our recent temperatures of + 32 Celcius it feels more like it's mid July! Regardless of the weather the pumpkins have turned orange and are ready to be cooked up and pureed. Any puree not used immediately can be frozen for winter use. I usually make pumpkin pies and muffins but today I want to share a recipe for a pumpkin roll. It's slightly adapted from a recipe in an old Taste of Home magazine.

Ingredients:

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup pumpkin puree, you can use canned

1 teaspoon lemon juice

3/4 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon ginger

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1 cup pecans, finely chopped

Prepare a 15" x 10" x 1" baking pan, grease and line with waxed paper, then grease and dust with flour. Set aside.

In a large bowl beat eggs on high for 5 minutes.

Gradually beat in the sugar until mixture is thick and lemon colored.

Mix in pumpkin and lemon juice.

Combine dry ingredients except for the pecans and fold into pumpkin mixture.

Spread batter into prepared pan and sprinkle chopped pecans on top.

Bake at 375º for 15 to 18 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly.

Immediately turn out on a tea towel dusted with icing (powdered) sugar.

this is translated for you who don't speak german from tretwelt....~ then subsequently all the best wishes for your birthday, I must say I think it's great that you are such a great cook and the recipes and show us ... wonderful! thankyou! Bussi.Lu~

A jelly roll with pumpkin! what a wonderful idea for a delicious and beautiful recipe is the vegetable of the season and more is one of my favorites, I thank you a lot of fun to test it thank you Have a nice weekend A + + Sacha

Just made this tonight for our early Thanksgiving dinner. I would have loved the cream cheese filling but used lactose-free Cool Whip instead so my daughter could enjoy, too. It was delicious! Thanks.Karen

I have often wanted to make a jellyroll cake but hesitate because I am not sure how to "roll up with a towel" Does this mean you actually roll the towel and cake together or use the towel to roll the cake and it is just on the outside of the cake? Please help, I want to make this recipe. Thanks so much.

I made this tonight! To take with us to our Thanksgiving meal on Sunday! It was super easy.. I'd eaten it before and it's soo yummy! I will likely make it again for our homeschooling fall harvest party this Friday! Thank you for the recipe!

I graduated from Bluffton University and though I did not grow up Mennonite there's no denying that Mennonite girls CAN cook. AND they make it look effortless and amazing! Great job on the blog! I LOVELOVELOVE the recipes!

YUMMY! I didn't have any cream cheese so I made this wonderful icing instead: 2 1/2 tblsp. flour and 1/2 cup milk(cooked to make thick paste). I then creamed 1/2 c. butter and 3/4 c. sugar. I then added the paste and beat until fluffy. Finally, I added 1/2tsp. vanilla. A delicious substitute!